NETW202 WEEK 2 LAB

Lab Report

Section I: Watch the video on the iLab page about Wireshark and answer the questions below.

1. Is Wireshark open source or proprietary? What does it mean to be open source versus proprietary in the first place? Give an example of something that is open source versus something that is proprietary in the field of networking and telecommunications. (1 point)

2. What is seen in each of the three panes that display the packets seen on a local area network? Hint: For full credit, you must talk about what is displayed in each pane in addition to the name of each pane. (1 point)

3. What does a display filter do? Where do you add in a display filter? (1 point)

4. What does the protocol column show? How can this be helpful to you when troubleshooting? (1 point)

5. How do you expand the details in a layer of the packet in the middle frame? What is shown when you expand the details of a packet? (1 point)

6. Wireshark capture files have what file name extension? (1 point)

7. The time column shows what? The time is displayed in what part of a second (sec, msec, usec, etc.)? (1 point)

8. What happens when you right-click on something in one of the panes? (1 point)

9. How is a display filter removed? (1 point)

10. When a filter is correct, what color is the background of the filter window? (1 point)

Section II: Go to www.wireshark.org and look at the documents page http://www.wireshark.org/docs/. Select one of the network mysteries “Cases” videos to watch and comment on.

1. Write a paragraph of at least seven sentences about the case you choose and what you learned about Wireshark and network troubleshooting from that case. (6 points)

Section III: Download Wireshark and some supporting documents. You will need this for the Week 3 iLab. Lab Instructions have more download information.

3. Download the appropriate user guide for your downloaded version of Wireshark. Which version did you download? (1 point)

4. What version of Wireshark did you download? Show a screenshot of the version that you downloaded (as in the graphic above) (2 points). You are now ready to work on the next Wireshark iLab in Week 3.

Section IV: Complete the Skillsoft iLab: Performing Switch Startup and Initial Configuration